summation of 05/06

okay.. since i have some time today.. i shall write this before the new term starts.

well..jus how fast time flies. i've completed my first year in uni..moving on into my 2nd yr in two wks' time. and now i'm a senior... no longer someone playing those games in the camp, but someone involved in the organising of such events. but be it playing or organising, i have enjoyed doing both.

my first year started with the orientation camp. i would say that it was the best camp i've ever attended. mud slide, mud crawl, initiation etc etc.. i've done things which i never thought i could. climbing the pole, climbing the high wall, rolling in a puddle of mud, ate chillies.. drank chilly sauce... etc etc. it was hell of an experience! a very good one though.

next was participating in the interhall games. that was when i met the best team mates one could ever had. i really love the team so much. even with my lousy skills, they taught me with patience... making sure that i understood everything. even though im a slow learner, they never gave up on me. it was with them, that i first felt that i belonged to a team. together we experienced the joy when we won, and the pain when we lost. we were so close then, seeing each other every morning, afternoon and night for trainings. the bonds we forged were so strong, so much so that it hurts for the captains to leave us for their exchange. just when everything ended, i realised how much im missing the team.. missing the time we spent together. it was during the interhall games too, that i got close to someone, who eventually became my one and only penpal. im thankful and glad that we became penpals actually.

i was involved in the OC and D_D organising committee as well. though the reason why i joined the committees back then was simply to earn points so that i could continue my stay in hall, but eventually i realised just how much i've learnt along the way. like meeting with hotel ballroom managers, searching for event companies, food vendors etc. even from the social and publicity subcom, i've learnt how to design and paint huge banners, creating and putting up posters and updating notice boards, brainstorming ideas for social programmes etc. it was another whole lot of experience gained from being involved in all these despite it taking up much time. but that's after all what i would say 'uni life'.

as for sch, i gonna say that i'm a pretty bad student. missed countless number of lectures and tutorials. attending most tutorials without doing it. slept during lectures. but i do count myself lucky that i have a couple of very nice lecturers. we had fun during all the consultation, which are supposedly like our last minute studying. hahah. but the lecturers i had last sem are really very nice. i remember telling myself that i gonna mug hard.. not for myself.. but for them who have put in so much effort for us. i'd try my best to be a better student from this coming sem onwards. heh

friends and hall mates - one will usually make a lot of friends in uni. but i supposed the ones im closer to are my hall mates. im thankful that one of my hall mate, or rather my neighbor is my classmate as well! so we managed to help each other with sch work.. mugged with each other during exams as well. im seriously thankful for that. staying together w the hall mates have been such great fun actually. we had steamboat right outside my room, watched dvds together, played MJ together, discussed political issues within hall together, celebrated birthdays together... but more importantly we gossiped and chat the whole night through that we couldnt wake up for lessons. hhahah.

so for about 10 months i've stayed away from home. and i thought that i kinda like the lifestyle of being independent, staying out on my own. but the irony was how staying out made me miss home more also. it made me appreciate my family even more i guess. after staying out for so long, i guess im not that used to moving back home for good. so eventually i bought myself an air ticket and flew over to canada during the 3 months break.

it was a very good experience over at canada. saw the most beautiful thing in my life. even when i was working... it was good experience as well coz i know i'll most probably not get a similar job back in singapore. and for the first time my job has sth to do with the food industry.. something which i've always have interest in. and i've experienced just how it works while traveling around at the same time. im glad i've made a brave choice to travel on my own. it might be lonely at times. but never too lonely. coz up in my mind, i keep with me memories of my friends and family.. so i know i'm not alone. i guess one just gonna be brave.. and nothing is impossible. given a chance.. or rather if i managed to save enough, i would want another adventure next year. after all it's not in every stages of your life that you get to travel this way. so i guess in the new academic year.. i'll work hard.. save lots.. and plan my next adventure! =)

god has truly blessed me in the last academic year. im really thankful for that. for all the experiences and the new friends that i met.. not forgetting with struggles i had as well. i pray for god to bless me in the new academic year as well. im looking forward to a fruitful 2nd year with lotsa great experiences and friends! =)